Best Selling Books by Gloria Skurzynski

In a future world where global contamination has necessitated limited human contact, three young people with unique genetically engineered abilities are teamed up to wage a war in virtual reality.

An adventurous rescue set in the time of medieval knights, castles, bandits, and music. Before their father returns to France from the Crusades, daring Alice and musical Roger set off on their own journey: to find their long-lost uncle. But on the way, the siblings are kidnapped and locked in an ancient hidden tower. To finish their quest, they need to escape—and fast! Can Alice use her courage to slip away and find help? And can Roger use his musical talents to guide her back before it’s too late? History Stepping Stones now feature updated content that emphasizes Common Core and today’s renewed interest in nonfiction. Perfect for home, school, and library bookshelves!

Tired and disillusioned, Corgan tries living a more peaceful life on Nuku Hiva, but soon must confront his nemesis, Brigand, for the last time.

Only when he finally reaches adolescence does a boy, living in medieval Poland, realize people think he is a werewolf.

Having won the Virtual War for the Western Hemisphere Federation, fifteen-year-old Corgan finds himself raising a clone of the young mutant genius who helped him win before dying.

Previously published as "The Revolt" and "The Choice," this bind-up finds the virtual battle spilling into the real world, when Corgan is challenged by Brigand, the product of a clone experiment gone wrong.

Earth''s population has been decimated by disease, and fourteen-year-old Corgan, genetically engineered to be the perfect warrior, plays an important part in the impending virtual war alongside his partner, the beautiful Sharla.

A novel of the Pied Piper legend told from the standpoint of a 14-year-old baker''s assistant who dreams of freedom from his harsh medieval life and of a new life with the piper.

Eleven-year-old Kevin finds himself alone and lost in the Utah desert, with only his wits to help him survive.

The Landon family travels to Glacier National Park to investigate why grizzly bear cubs are disappearing and becomes involved with a ten-year-old Mexican runaway boy. Full-color photos. Map included.

Examines the ways humans have measured time throughout history and discusses the various units that are used to keep track of it.

This is the poignant story of the friendship between two boys, Hank Kerner and Bazyli Radichevych, called Billy Radish, set in the steel town of Canaan, Pennsylvania, in 1917. Thge boys are very different, for while Hank considers himself all-American, Billy is a Ukrainian immigrant straddling two cultures. As World War I rages overseas, both boys are faced with some difficult questions.

Because he is a young mute person who can hear, Aran becomes involved in the adventures of Eloise and Abelard, France''s most famous lovers, who lived during the twelfth century.

An adolescent must choose between the mills and his education.

Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the park''s history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family''s teenage foster child Lucky.

Jack, Ashley, and their unreliable new foster sister set out to solve the mystery of why whales are beaching themselves at Acadia National Park. While investigating mysterious strandings of whales in Maine''s coastal Acadia National Park, the Landons are joined by 14-year-old Bindy Callister, a temporary ward. When Jack, Ashley, and Bindy find a baby humpback whale stranded in a tidal pool, Bindy suspects who''s responsible, but she''s too scared to say. Jack and Ashley must get her to talk before more lives are endangered.

Details Corgan''s escape, with Sharla, Ananda, and Cyborg, from Brigand to outerspace.

While lost in a tunnel at Carlsbad Cavern, thirteen-year-old Jack, eleven-year-old Ashley, and their eight-year-old foster brother, Sam, think bats and darkness are their worst problems, until they stumble across thieves.

While their parents study why wolverines are disappearing from Alaska''s Denali National Park, Jack and Ashley are stranded in a remote area with their mysterious new foster brother when a hit man''s bullet triggers an avalanche.

Andrew Otter makes a few mistakes before he learns how to be honest and tactful at the same time.

The Landon family makes a trip to Death Valley National Park accompanied by a mysterious new foster child, fourteen-year-old Leesa Sherman.

Justin and Gina are cousins and the same but no two people are less alike.

Explains the scientific principles and technology involved in telephone calls and facsimile transmissions and discusses future possibilities in telecommunications.

Twelve-year-old Jack, his younger sister, and the family''s teenage foster child Troy go to Yellowstone National Park, where Jack''s mother, a wildlife veterinarian, is investigating the report that wolves reintroduced to the park have killed a dog there.

Traces the careers of three women involved in public land management and outlines opportunities for those interested in this field.

Something in the Virgin Islands National Park is destroying the coral reefs and causing the hawksbill sea turtle to disappear--and the Landons are trying to figure out what. Jack and Ashley soon become involved with the son of a U.S. diplomat who is anxious to save an island woman. What secret do they share? Includes a park map.

Presents a study of space and the possibility of extraterrestrial civilizations and discusses UFO sightings throughout the twentieth century, crop circles, and other paranormal occurrences.

While she studies condors in the Grand Canyon a scientist''s life is threatened, and the strange, hostile, teenage computer whiz in her family''s foster care might be involved.

Visiting Zion National Park with his family, twelve-year-old Jack encounters two mysteries, the strange behavior of a band of wild mustangs and the possibly sinister actions of his new foster brother, a Shoshone boy.

The Landons uncover the mystery of dying manatees and learn about the natural environment of Everglades National Park.

Jack and Ashley go exploring in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park with Danny, a young Vietnamese-American boy on his way to live with his grandfather in Chicago. The trio are chased by a mysterious woman in red along Devastation Trail. Ashley is convinced the woman is Pele, the volcano goddess.

Life-threatening accidents keep plaguing the Landon family as they investigate the mysterious deaths of white mustangs at Zion National Park in Utah. Even before they get to the park, Jack Landon knows that Ethan Ingawanup spells trouble. Things start to go awry after Ethan and his sister—two Shoshone kids—are placed in the Landons'' care. The questions begin to mount after Ethan teaches Jack and Ashley the ancient Ghost Dance: Are all the hair-raising events just coincidental? Or is there some strange magic in the dance ritual? The answers await in the raging waters of a slick-rock canyon called The Narrows. The afterword by Lyman Hafen of the Zion Natural History Association discusses white mustangs and public lands in Utah.

The hawkshill sea turtle is disappearing from the waters of the Caribbean, and the Landon''s are in Virgin Islands National Park to figure out why.

The Science Club is exploring an old silver mine and in the dark tunnels Caitlin and a friend become lost from the others.

Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the park''s history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family''s teenage foster child Lucky.

A history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds.

Nine-year-old Caitlin is always trying to help her neighbors, her friends, and her mother, but the results often aren''t what she intends.